From the crumbling buildings that once served as a Soviet-era spa resort to the abandoned and overground theme park in Japan which was once expected to rival Disneyland, Mirror.co.uk takes a look at some of the best.

The amazing village was hit by Turkey's economic collapse (Image: AFP/Getty Images)

Tskaltubo, Georgia

One of the abandoned houses in Tskaltubo was built for Stalin (Image: Roman Robroek / SWNS.com)

Haunting photos revealed a once-thriving spa town famous for is thermal springs abandoned and in ruins.

The 'waters of immortality' bubbling up from the ground in Tskaltubo, in west-central Georgia, were believed to possess healing properties for more than a thousand years.

One bathing house in the town was even built exclusively for Joseph Stalin.

But after the USSR collapsed in the early 90s, the stream of socialist visitors started to dry up and the once grand buildings were left to be reclaimed by time and nature.

Visitors stopped coming to the spa town after the collapse of the USSR (Image: Roman Robroek / SWNS.com)

Eerie images taken by photographer Roman Robroek show deserted arcades with columns topped by crumbling turquoise arches - that open onto balconies with views of the woods beyond.

And wide stone staircases spiral down to the now empty bathing pools, where the ceramic tiles barely cling to the walls.

Nara Dreamland, Japan

Fascinating images recently captured the inside of an abandoned and overground theme park in Japan which was once expected to rival Disneyland.

Nara Dreamland was built in 1961, complete with fairytale castles, rollercoasters and other attractions.

But the park struggled to compete when both Disney and Universal Studios opened up their own parts in nearby Osaka and Tokyo.

The park was eventually closed in the summer of 2006, but its attractions were left in place for over 10 years to rust and decay.

The Nara Dreamland was once dubbed the Japanese 'Disneyland' (Image: Caters)

After it closed it became a popular place for ‘haikyoists’ - a Japanese word meaning urban explorers, particularly those interested in ruined structures and landscapes.

Houtouwan, China

The village of Houtouwan has gradually been reclaimed by nature (Image: AFP)

Built on the steep hills of Shengshan Island, 2,000 fishermen once plied their trade in the village of Houtouwan in China.

But thousands of inhabitants moved from the island, one of 400 islands on the Shengsi archipelago, in the early 1990s, seeking better education, jobs and healthcare.

They left only a small handful of residents still living there, and today even that group has dwindled to almost nobody.

Two thousand fishermen left the island in the early 1990s (Image: AFP)

Some of the houses are now disappearing into the green hills (Image: AFP)

Last year stunning pictures emerged from the village showing how it is being reclaimed by nature.

Empty homes and other buildings in the once bustling community are now covered in green with some almost disappearing into the hills.

Pripyat, Ukraine

After the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986 tens of thousands were evacuated from neighbouring Pripyat, a city of 49,000.

Fifteen primary schools, a large hospital complex, 25 stores, 10 gyms, along with parks, cinemas, factories, pool, amusement park, and other marks of a thriving community.

And it was all abandoned in just three hours when residents were told to leave.

An amusement park in the abandoned town of Pripyat near the Chernobyl power station (Image: Getty)

Over three decades later, the ghost town is a freeze-frame of the Soviet Union in 1986.

Communist propaganda still hangs on walls, the hammer and sickle decorate lampposts awaiting May Day celebrations that never took place, and residents’ personal belongings litter the streets and abandoned buildings.

Over 49,000 people left Pripyat in just three hours

All clocks are frozen at 11:55, the moment the electricity was cut.

The place is also overrun with wild animals, while the only humans who visit are urban explorers who pay to go on guided tours to some of the city’s abandoned structures, including people’s flats and a fairground complete with ferris wheel which never opened.

Cold war bunker, Dundee

During the Cold War, underground monitoring stations were manned by members of the Royal Observer Corps (ROC) and one of their main purposes was to give the dreaded “four minute warning” in the case of a nuclear attack.

But after the Soviet Union fell in 1991 the bunkers were sealed shut or demolished.

One near Dundee, however, was preserved exactly how it was when it was last entered at least 26 years ago.

(Image: Deadline News)

Explorers who recently entered the secret site for the first time found old pots and pans, mugs, and washing up liquid alongside official Cold War communications technology.

The bunker, built 6ft under the ground, and housed two people when it was operational, still has the original desk, cabinets and bunk beds that would have been used by volunteers.

Blankets were filmed rotting on the bunk bed exactly where they had been left decades ago, and there is even a candle holder with the remains of a burned-out candle stuck in the base.

Ferrybridge Power Station, Wakefield

Millions of people who travel up the M62 motorway in West Yorkshire will be familiar with Ferrybridge power station’s huge towers.

But few except the men and women who once worked there have ever seen inside one of Britain’s tallest buildings.

The giant towers have been abandoned since March 2016 when the film that owns Ferrybridge closed up shop, has now applied for permission from Wakefield Council to knock it down.

(Image: YOINKED)

Photographer Paul Crumpton managed to get inside the huge structure, taking impressive pictures of the machinery and once-bustling control rooms which now lie stationary and abandoned.

He found vast control panels, workspaces and equipment as well as dusty and rusting pipes, tanks and turbines.